Helmut Marko jokingly thanked McLaren for their “sportsmanship” after throwing away the Italian Grand Prix F1 race victory.

McLaren are now just eight points behind Red Bull in 🅘the F1 c🥂onstructors’ championship.

The Woking outfit could have led the standin🦩gs after Monza had they secured a 1-2 finish.

However, their decision to switch 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris to a two-stop strategy was a costly one.

This allowed168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Charles Leclerc to take the lead of the race, which he held on to, on 💦the one-stop strategy.

Norris’ third-place finish means he only reduced 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s lead in the drivers’ championship by ei꧋ght points - it’s now 62 points ahea🍬d of Azerbaijan.

Speaking to Dutch publication de Telegraaf, Marko dism🦄issed that it was a “disappointing result” before mocking McLaren.

“A disappointing result? No way,” he said.🔥 “We had seen this coming a bit and I want to congratulate Ferrari on the victory and thank McLaren for their sportsmanship.

“I app🌌reciate that, an🐬d it makes our situation a bit better."

Red Bull endured a miserable week🌱end with Veﷺrstappen only able to finish sixth.

Sixth is his worst o🎉n-track finish since the 2022 Sa🃏o Paulo Grand Prix.

With Red Bull struggling so much, they’re under threat in both championships, particularly with Baku and Singapore coming up - circuits which aౠren’t expected to suit them.

The good news for Red Bull is that there is a month gap to the American run of races, giving them crucial🐼 time to potentially find solutions to allow Verstap🦋pen to take his fourth world title this year.

Marko remains confident Verstaꦰpp⛄en will continue to make the difference in 2024.

“Mentally and also qualitatively, Max 🧔is still the strongest driver in the field,” he added.